Headin' Home

Many years have gone by since I left my Fortune Bay Home
Full of dreams and ambitions as a young man I wanted to roam
But now things are different, I’m older and wiser I guess
And I love to return to the home land that I love the best

My friends and relations, I miss them more every day
And in dreams I go back to my childhood in old Fortune Bay
I see a picture of iron scull and it brings a tear to my eye
For I know she stands guard over the birth place of this newfie boy

And I leave Bishops Falls headin down that Bay D’Espoir Road
There’s a lump in my throat son cause I know I’m Headin Home
And when I reach St. Jacques I know everything is alright
I got 2 miles to go and I’ll be in Belloram tonight

That old fisherman’s lodge is now a modern day home
The roads they are paved and the old fishing schooners are gone
And the old church looks the same as it did when I sang in the choir
The orange lodge gave it’s music to the lounge on the government wharf

The dories made way for the faster and modern speed boat
As you walk around town you’ll not see a sheep, cow, or goat
The steamers don’t call here, they are a thing of the past
Now it’s phone home visits, my things are changing so fast

My Memories may fail me but I feel like a king when I say
I’m a proud Newfoundlander from Belloram down in old Fortune Bay